Reading's Respectable Rag & Cuts 1926

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Full title reads: "Reading's respectable rag. Students of Britain's youngest University hold their first rag in aid of Royal Berkshire Hospital".

Reading University, Berkshire.

Various shots of students in fancy dress messing about on a carnival float - some have bows and arrows, some...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
26481
Sort Number:
G 1353
Time in/Out:
01:22:21:00 / 01:29:38:00
Canister:
G 1353
Film ID:
660.09
Issue Date:
09/12/1926

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